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a blaze, exhibit to the spectator stationed in a valley surrounded by rocks, a magnificent, though imperfect circle of fire.—Notes to Kindersley's Specimens of Hindoo Literature.
Note 8.
————The snowy crown
Of far Olympus, &c.
Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.—Decline and Fall, &c. vol. iii. p. 8.
Note 9.
————Mohammed’s face
Kindles beneath their aspect, &c.
Mahomet II. was greatly addicted to the study of astrology. His calculations in this science led him to fix upon the morning of the 29th of May as the fortunate hour for a general attack upon the city.
Note 10.
Thy Georgian bride, &c.
Constantine Palæologus was betrothed to a Georgian princess; and the very spring which witnessed the fall of
